2. We are very grateful to the 2015 Banff Meeting
program committee:
Alexandre Loupy, Chair
Carmen Lefaucheur Cinthia Drachenberg
Christopher Bellamy Carol Farver
Mark Haas W. Dean Wallace
Banu Sis Linda C Cendales
Kathryn Tinckham Lynn Cornell
Candice Roudfosse Patrick Bruneval
3. Dr. Michael Mengel, Local Organizer
Meeting Organizing Services
Provided by CST Executive Director
Rob Gallaher and his assistant Holly
5. Overall Structure of the Banff Meeting
Pre-meeting yesterday (Monday) Precision
Diagnostics in Transplantation -
Molecular Pathology
LUNCH Symposium: Anti-graft Antibodies
in Transplantation: Improving the Gold
Standard, Implementing Complementary
Approaches and Moving Beyond HLA
6. Overall Structure of the Banff Meeting
Today (Tuesday) Welcome/Summary of Pre-
meeting, Banff Working Groups Results and
Possible Banff Classification Amendments
LUNCH Symposium: mTORi in Solid Organ
Transplantation: New Understandings, New
Directions and Advances
Banff Kidney Concurrent I: Antibodies and
Injury to Graft Endothelium and Epithelium –
Banff Liver Concurrent I
Banff Lung Concurrent: Chronic Lung
Allograft Dysfunction
7. Overall Structure (Cont.) Wednesday
Joint AST-BANFF-CST Symposium Wednesday
Joint Plenary Session #1: Future Directions of
Transplantation: Expanding the Donor Pool
and Implementing New Technologies
Joint Posters & Exhibits: Author Presentations
LUNCH Symposium: Complement-Mediated
Diseases in Renal Transplants and Their Link to
ABMR
Banff Pancreas Concurrent I: Update on
Pancreas Allograft Pathology Issues / II:
Accurate Determination of the Cause of Graft
Loss in Whole Pancreas Transplants
8. Overall Structure (Cont.) Wednesday
Banff Liver Concurrent II
Banff Heart Concurrent I & II: Improving Heart
Transplant Rejection Diagnostic System: Unmet
Needs, Current Limitations, New
Implementations and Future
Oktoberfest Social 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Vancouver Art Gallery An evening inspired by
traditional Oktoberfest food and drinks.
9. Overall Structure (Cont.) Thursday
2015 Status Report on ABMR
Joint Plenary Session #2: From Basics to
Therapeutics in ABMR
LUNCH Symposium: Minimization, Compliance
and ABMR
Banff Kidney Concurrent II: Donor Specific
Anti-HLA Mediated Allograft Injury and Beyond
HLA
Banff Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA)
Joint Poster and Exhibits
10. Overall Structure (Cont.) Friday
Banff Summary
Conference Dinner & Awards Gala Grand
Ballroom AB + Passage 7:30-10:00 pm
11. Recapturing the Youthful Spirit of Banff!
Only about a quarter of you have signed
up for the social events. This is a
problem we have never had before!
In 2003 the social events at Aberdeen Town
Hall were a spectacular success. That year we
had a song playlist that we played between
sessions. Working with student Michael
Parkes I have put together a song list for this
year. Please sign up for the social events!!